(a sculpture at Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway)
As some of you may know, I am a practicing Pediatrician and have been for the past 25 years. Over the past year, I had reduced my hours in anticipation of an early retirement. I am now loving my new hours and have realized how much I would miss my patients, especially the children whom I have taken care of since they were born. I have even started to see some of my patient's own babies! So I've decided to continue working for a while.
Unfortunately, it also means that I have to take a re-certification examination that is soon to expire. Maintenance of certification every ten years is highly recommended for Pediatricians in the US and is an absolute requirement of the health care system I work for. It means it is time for me to exchange the literary books for medical textbooks and journals to prepare for this exam. Not that I am worried, I just like being prepared. This will be the third time (and the last time) I am taking the test.
So study I must! And blogging, I have to do less of. Which will explain my sporadic presence in the networking and commenting part of blogging from now onwards. I know my comments (and followers) will dwindle down because of this, but that is just how things go. Perhaps the right balance will come to me in time.
Please know that even if I may not be commenting consistently, I will still be visiting blogs from time to time. And although I can only do it sparingly, I will continue to read some story books, post quotes and count my way up to my goal of a thousand books.
Addendum: I have a lot of quotes from books I recently read from my recent travels to post in the coming days, so rest assured, this blog will go on!!
Unfortunately, it also means that I have to take a re-certification examination that is soon to expire. Maintenance of certification every ten years is highly recommended for Pediatricians in the US and is an absolute requirement of the health care system I work for. It means it is time for me to exchange the literary books for medical textbooks and journals to prepare for this exam. Not that I am worried, I just like being prepared. This will be the third time (and the last time) I am taking the test.
So study I must! And blogging, I have to do less of. Which will explain my sporadic presence in the networking and commenting part of blogging from now onwards. I know my comments (and followers) will dwindle down because of this, but that is just how things go. Perhaps the right balance will come to me in time.
Please know that even if I may not be commenting consistently, I will still be visiting blogs from time to time. And although I can only do it sparingly, I will continue to read some story books, post quotes and count my way up to my goal of a thousand books.
Addendum: I have a lot of quotes from books I recently read from my recent travels to post in the coming days, so rest assured, this blog will go on!!
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